POPULATION: 98,114

INCORPORATION DATE: 1851

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: 

• District 1 – Heidi Hall
• District 2 – Ed Scofield
• District 3 – Lisa Swarthout
• District 4 – Susan Hoek
• District 5 – Hardy Bullock

FORM OF GOVERNMENT: General Law

NEVADA. County seat, Nevada City. Created April 25, 1851. Named after the mining town of Nevada City, a name derived from the term “Sierra Nevada.” The word nevada in Spanish means “snowy” or “snowcovered.”